Brad Kiltz, who was 36 years old at the time of the Games,[3] is a native of Evansville, Indiana, able to compete for American Samoa because the American territory has the same nationality as the United States.[4]Faauuga Muagututia, who was 35 years old at the time of the Games,[3] is a native of American Samoa.[4] Muagututia, as the driver, was the only one required to be from American Samoa.[5] At the time of the Games, Muagututia was serving in the United States Navy as a SEAL, while Kiltz was working as a carpenter.[6]

The two-man bobsleigh event was held in four runs over two days, on February 19–20, 1994. Final standings were based on the sum of all four runs for each team.[7] On the 19th, in runs 1 and 2, they posted a time of 55.57 seconds and 55.25 seconds, respectively.[8][9] At the end of the first day, they were ranked 42nd out of 43 sleds.[10] On the second day, they posted run times of 55.06 and 55.16 seconds.[11][12] Their faster times on the second day allowed them to finish with a time of 3 minutes and 41.04 seconds, which placed them 39th out of 42 sleds which completed all four runs.[7]